Kikiyo Sai

Kikiyo Sai is a Fanloid Derivative character. She was made when Tik Tok user, known as @eddsey, used an AI art filter on a Hatsune Miku figurine and said that she would jokingly trick somebody into thinking she was a forgotten VOCALOID. Since then, people have taken on the role of making Kikiyo more real.


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History
Kikiyo Sai is said to be an angel who's fallen from heaven for reasons unknown but is speculated to be Koni Okona. When she fell from heaven, she landed in front of Mera Pona. Mera, a young girl, took Kikiyo in and helped her adjust to the new environment. Kikiyo had also lost her angel wings and most of her powers from the fall.

While living together, Mera attempted to cut Kikiyo's hair. She ended up cutting one ponytail shorter than the other by accident. Kikiyo said she didn't mind, deciding to keep her hair like that. Mera also gifted Kikiyo a hat with bunny ears, which Kikiyo can be seen wearing often. Even though the hat was a bit too big, she loved it and gave it the name ChiChi. Kikiyo, at one point, used her remaining angelic powers and gave life to ChiChi. He gained his thoughts and personality.

It's rumored that Hatsune Miku's design was originally based on hers and that after Miku exploded in popularity, 'Kikiyo Sai' was scrapped and discarded by Crypton Future Media. Because of this, her songs, voice banks, art, and other things related to her have been wiped off the internet. However, many people have allegedly found some portions of her lost songs and attempted to recreate her voice bank.

Appearance
Kikiyo is shorter than the average girl with beautiful teal hair that is split into two ponytails. A notable part of her design is that her pigtails are uneven. This is due to Mera Pona, her friend, accidentally cutting them asymmetrically.

She is slightly chubby, which comes from her love of sweets. Her skin is pale, with notable pink cheeks. She has soft purple eyes, which can shade intensity depending on her mood, such as having light purple eyes when she's happy.

Additionally, she wears a short, ruffled bicolored dress. Her top is black, and the middle is white with black buttons. She has a white collar around her neck which is not connected to anything. Meanwhile, the bottom half of her dress is white and pleated, hwith a small, yellow bow underneath her chest and more yellow lace on the bottom of the dress. She's also often seen wearing her famous beige bunny hat, ChiChi, which appears to be a bit too big for her head. This also has some white ruffles at the end of it, matching her dress.

Voice
The most popular iteration of Kikiyo's voice was created by @johnnnian on YouTube. She currently has V1 "soft" and "power" banks, showcased in her covers of Jishoumushoku, Easy-Peasy Euthanasia, and more by jhonnian. Her voicebank was released for download on 12/3/22 and can be found here. @johnnnian's voice bank was confirmed as official by @eddsey.

Relations
Mera Pona

Mera Pona is Kikiyo Sai's closest friend, and she was the one who originally helped her when Kikiyo first fell from heaven. Kikiyo seems to hold a great liking to her, often talking about her and expressing how grateful she is that Mera was the person whom she first met on Earth. She had mentioned Mera in one of her songs, however, it is unknown what song it could be. It is speculated that Kikiyo might have a crush on Mera.

Miasma Midi

Miasma Midi is a friend of Kikiyo and Mera. They first met each other when Miasma accidentally bumped into Mera. They are now friends. Miasma Midi is also the sister of Luka.

Kokiyo Sai

Tokyo is Kikiyo's younger sister. She has shoulder-length brown hair and dull blue eyes. She's seen wearing a blue scarf and a red jacket. It's speculated she's 10-11. She currently still lives in heaven and hasn't fallen. She was created by an unknown TikTok user but they have since taken the video down.

ChiChi

ChiChi is Kikiyo's yellow bunny hat that she got from Mera Pona. After Kikiyo used her angelic powers to give to it, he gained his thoughts and personality. Most noticeable his love for sweets and sleeping originates from Kikiyo.

Kano Pona

Kano was Mera's twin brother and one of the backup dancers in 2 of Kikiyo's music videos and was seen in the background of one of Kimi's music videos. He was also shown on many posters, he and Mera were supposed to have their song but the idea was scrapped. In 2018 about 2-3 years after the cancellation of Kikiyo sai the creators stated that Kano has never had romantic feelings for someone before and never will, and this sparked the community to see him as an AroAce icon.

Kimi Aiko

Kimi is Kikiyo's rival. Kimi's songs always have a dark theme the most notable is her most popular song Kazoku no chi it was a song about having to be bonded by the blood of your abusive family. Kikiyo and Kimi released a song in 2005 about how even though they are opposites and rivals they still have respect for each other, this is what sparked a theory about Kimi being a demon that was stuck in the human world although nothing was confirmed.

Yuki Snow

Yuki is Kikiyo's mother figure from what we have seen in deleted music videos. Her songs always used to be depressing. In the music video of Yuki ga nijimu (2004), you can tell how Yuki cares about Kikiyo as a mother who cares for her children. She and Kikiyo barely have any songs together though.

Kina Kinikami

Kina Kinikami is a young blonde genderfluid but prefers she/her pronouns. She met Kikiyo Sai by doing a cover with her. Her songs/covers are really sad, dark, and kind of psychotic, but they have a piece of great music. She is very shy and secretly in love with Kokiyo Sai, Kikiyo's younger sister, and maybe in a relationship with her, but that is just a rumor. She was canceled after the creation of Rin Kagamine. Her best cover for the moment is Bug.

Koni Okona

It's said Koni is the one who pushed Kikiyo down from heaven. There isn't much information about her other than the fact bears a slight resemblance to Gumi.

Reception
Users on TikTok had taken a quick liking to Kikiyo Sai and had received her rather well, becoming well-known amongst users, mostly those on the Vocaloid side of TikTok. Having 3.4M views on her hashtag, Kikiyo has received fanart, edits, and even some songs made with her 'voice bank'. Kikiyo, unfortunately, became rather notorious too amongst some people, having some users confused and not understanding where she originated from, not getting the joke, or if she was an actual Vocaloid or not. However, her creator has stated that Kikiyo is only a Fanloid, and never intended for people to get upset by her existence.

As of November 30th, Kikiyo's video of origin currently has 1.3M views and 3672 comments, encouraging people to talk about her more, jokingly or not. This has caused Kikiyo's existence to spread to other parts of TikTok outside of VocaloidTok.

Controversies
Kikiyo Sai, as well as her creator, Eddsey, have received a small amount of backlash regarding her existence. The most popular complaint is people remarking how her creator, as well as other TikTok users engaging in the Kikiyo Sai trend, should clarify that she was never a real Vocaloid, to begin with, or use tone tags when it came to talking about her. Some of the other complaints and concerns users have expressed is how it is not safe for some ND people to be 'gaslighted' into thinking she ever existed before Miku, expressing how one TikTok user had a breakdown over not finding any actual information on Kikiyo Sai. IInthe original TikTok post, user Eddsey jokes about 'gaslighting people' on the social media platform, Discord. In the video, they replace their discord profile picture with the art of Kikiyo Sai and ask others if they had heard of the 'forgotten Vocaloid, Kikiyo Sai'.

On November 30th, 2022, her creator released a statement and apology expressing how she should've used tone indicators when talking about Kikiyo Sai, she claimed that she never intended for anyone to be upset over a mere inside joke. She also encourages her followers to state that Kikiyo's creation was mainly satirical and did not make someone distressed or upset over the joke since Kikiyo is just a character people can have fun with. She also apologized for using the word 'gaslight', stating she should've used a 'lighter term'.

Trivia

 * The reason one of her pigtails is shorter than the other is that her friend, Mera Pona, failed to try to cut her hair.
 * It's said that Kikiyo has an angelic voice, which is a play on the fact Kikiyo was a fallen angel.
 * Her original design showed her being slightly chubby, but in other versions and fanart, she is usually slimmed down.
 * She loves sweets and sleeping, which was passed down to ChiChi.
 * In Kikiyo's debut song (which as of now has been removed from YouTube), さよなら☆彡 (Goodbye☆彡) Kikiyo was supposed to have a younger sister who disappeared, and the song was a goodbye message to her.
 * Kikiyo's most popular song was called 死ぬために生まれてきた (Born to Die).
 * Kikiyo's name in Japanese (ききよ) Translates to "Listen". Sai (再), roughly translates to "Again".
 * Kikiyo's V4 Power Voicebank was Drawn by a fan for the "Kikiyo Power Contest".
 * Many people believe that Kikiyo was "released" in 2001.
 * A supposed English voice bank was going to be released before Crypton scrapped her.

Found Audio
@johnnian on YouTube made a Kikiyo Sai cover of "Easy-Peasy Euthanasia". Along with that, someone claimed to have found lost audio from さよなら☆彡. It is a short clip of the instrumental.@johnnnian on TikTok made a Kikiyo Sai cover of  Self-inflected Achromatic , who managed to determine some of her voice files to make a voicebank with them.